An audit and trends of perinatal mortality at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.

Abstract

Perinatal deaths are largely the result of poor maternal health, low socio-economic status, lack of health awareness and inadequate care during antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period. Perinatal mortality rate has largely remained unchanged over the last 40 years at the premier referral and teaching institution of Karachi, due to higher patient influx and referral rate.